Rep. Bill Owens says he's not in the running for a Cabinet position.
The Pasquotank County Democrat told Dome this morning that reports that he was under consideration for the state secretary of Commerce under Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue are "a false rumor."
"Economic development is my love," he said. "And I certainly support her getting a great secretary of commerce — not that (current) Secretary (Jim) Fain hasn't done a great job — but I'm not under consideration for any job."
Owens, who was spotted going into the lieutenant governor's office yesterday, said he met with Perdue and talked with her about "a number of issues."
"She's a dear friend," he said.
But he said he's just looking forward to going back into session, re-electing Rep. Joe Hackney as speaker and getting to work.
Fain has said he will not continue in the post. Charlotte businesswoman Crandall Bowles, Sen. David Hoyle, retiring Rep. Jim Harrell and former deputy Tony Copeland are also rumored to be in the running.
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Re: Owens: Not looking for a Perdue post
December 5, 2008 - 9:58pm — JulieeWe really need Bill Owens to help us with the fight against the Outlying Landing Field. I only hope he will be there for us.
It was Stan Lee who put the words WITH GREAT POWER, COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY into Peter Parker's mouth. That quote seems oddly appropriate to our situation here. The Navy has great power, but in this case they are showing no responsibility for that power. They are intent on destroying the way of life of a whole region.
The Navy says it has a capacity problem and needs the OLF to relieve it, there are those in these parts (and I side with them) who say that the need for the OLF is actually political, and that the Navy merely wants to escape the encroachment problem imposed on it by the idiots in Virginia Beach who keep building new construction in close proximity to both NAS Oceana and NALF Fentress in spite of BRAC's 2005 recommendation that all such construction be stopped and that all such new construction as has been built in unsafe areas be condemned. [ANOTHER THING THAT MAKES ME SUSPICIOUS OF THE NAVY IS THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THREE EXISTING RUNWAYS AT OCEANA, OF WHICH THE NAVY IS MAKING NO USE, IN ITS EFFORT TO EXPAND FCLP OPERATIONS.]
(http://www.vbgov.com/file_source/dept/planning/Document/JLUS_Ch4.pdf
Bill, stick with us, stay with us and help us. We need you now more than ever.